The growing expectations about rapid online developments in all areas of the health sector have thrown up some difficult, but fascinating challenges.
This track seeks to move beyond the many grand visions about the infinite possibilities within the health sphere and so often hyped up at conferences and in the media. Instead, we wish to examine some of the online initiatives that have actually come to fruition and the relevance and impact of these projects on the real stakeholders.
Conference Day #2, Thursday May 6th | |
10.30 am - | Participatory Health: How Health Citizens Use a Variety of Platforms and Applications to Manage Chronic Health Conditionsby Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, THINKhealth Good Patient-directed Information in the Hospital SettingCase: Main Line Health Philadelphia Can The Social Web Effect Positive Change?Case: The California Endowment |
1.00 pm - | Using social media for emergency responseCase: Danbury Health Systems Designing for Health Consumer EngagementCase: American Diabetes Association |
4.00 pm - | Intelligent Content and the Future of eHealthby Joe Gollner, Stilo International Social media in health care – humble beginnings to patient engagementby John Sharp, Cleveland Clinic |